There wasוַיְהִיa manאִישׁof Benjaminמִבִּנְיָמִיןwhose name wasוּשְׁמוֹKish,קִישׁsonבֶּןof Abiel,אֲבִיאֵלsonבֶּןof Zeror,צְרוֹרsonבֶּןof Becorath,בְּכוֹרַתsonבֶּןof Aphiah,אֲפִיחַsonבֶּןof a Benjaminite,אִישׁ יְמִינִיa mighty manגִּבּוֹרof worth.חָיִל
1 Samuel 9:1
Study it in the app“There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjaminite, a mighty man of worth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 9:1, word by word
- There wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִיןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- whose name wasשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Kishקִישׁkish
Kish
Kish: the name of several people; best known is the father of King Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “kish” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Abielאֲבִיאֵלaviel
Abiel
Abiel: the name of two people; one is the grandfather of King Saul. It means "my father is El".
Where else “aviel” appears- of Zerorצְרוֹרtseror
General meaning: Bag; pebble.
Where else “tseror” appears- of Becorathבְּכוֹרַתbechorat
Becorath
Becorath, an ancestor of King Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “bechorat” appears- of Aphiahאֲפִיחַafiach
Aphiah
Aphiah, an ancestor of King Saul, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Where else “afiach” appears- of a Benjaminiteיְמִינִיyemini
right, Benjaminite
Right (side or hand); in "son of the right" or "man of the right" it is a short form of "Benjaminite", since Benjamin means "son of the right hand".
Where else “yemini” appears- a mighty manגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- of worthחָיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2He had a son whose name was Saul, a young man and handsome; there was no man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he; from his shoulders upward he was taller than all the people.